Opinion Stories from October 16, 2013 (Change date)
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Farewell to tears: A Libertyville High School Homecoming memoryOct 16, 2013 10:46 am - After Annie was born 23 years ago with Down syndrome, I cried. A lot. I cried because all the books we bought after her diagnosis were filled with scary medical, social...
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Editorial: The cautious enthusiasm of re-imagining downtownsOct 16, 2013 9:16 am - One of the more important jobs elected municipal officials deal with is developing or, as in most suburban cases, redeveloping downtowns. The issue comes up every electi...
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Mundelein should trap skunks, tooOct 17, 2013 3:43 pm - In response to the article, “Trapper Hired to Thin the Skunk Population in Vernon Hills,” by Mick Zawislak, I feel this is a great idea, and should also be done in Munde...
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Herald bats .000 in facts for one dayOct 16, 2013 5:00 am - Wow! All three letters to the editor in your Sept. 29 issue had something in common: extreme bias and no basis in fact. One letter states that the purpose of voter I.D. ...
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Republicans making no senseOct 16, 2013 5:00 am - It’s amazing that Republicans think requiring citizens to have health insurance is evil but possessing assault weapons is a virtue and a right. A Republican senator spen...
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Many risks, few rewards in warming debateOct 16, 2013 5:00 am - The fifth report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has provided undeniable proof of a remarkable phenomenon: a public debate even more bitter and p...
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Democrats, media share the blameOct 16, 2013 5:00 am - The confusion we are witnessing with the potential shutdown and the default of the government going over the fiscal cliff can be blamed on the media as well as the party...
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The crisis of indifferenceOct 16, 2013 5:00 am - This is how it happened. The migrants came from Eritrea, which is on the Horn of Africa and where the per capita income is about $800 a year. They sold everything they h...
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GOP ‘civil war’ reason for shutdownOct 16, 2013 4:40 am - GOP ‘civil war’ reason for shutdown There never would have been a government shutdown if there were not a Civil War in the GOP. The Tea Party (minority) is the “tai...
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A burning question about health careOct 16, 2013 4:40 am - A burning question about health care I have a burning question that has gone unanswered since I picked up my insurance broker’s license in 2002 until I could figure...
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